Device for adjusting electric appliances to the human body.



No. 669,619; Patented Mar. l2, 19m.

, .1. CHARLES.

"DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING ELECT BIG APPLIANCES TO THE HUMAN BODY.

(Application filed Jan. 14, 1901'.)

(No Model.)

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UNrTEn STATES PATENT Enron.

JAMES CHARLES, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA.

DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCES TO THE HUMAN BODY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 669,619, dated March12, 1901.

Application filed January 14:, 1901. Serial No..4=3,l26. \IIo model.)

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES CHARLES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Richmond, in the county of Wayne and State of Indiana, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Devices for Adjusting andSecuring Electric Appliances to Various Parts of the Body, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompan yingdrawings, forminga part of this specification.

One object of my presentinvention is to provide a device to be worn onthe human body for the purpose of securing electric appliances to theparts desired to be treated and for the purpose of securing the electricbatteries and electrodes to the body in their proper relation to eachother.

Another object is to provide a device of the class described which willbe adjustable in all of its parts, so that the electric appliancescarried by it can be easily and quickly changed to various parts of thebody and in their relation to each other.

Other subordinate features of my invention will be apparent from thefollowing description.

I attain these objects by the arrangement and combination of partsillustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, in which similar letters of reference refer to similarparts throughout the various views shown.

Referring now to the drawings, Figure 1 shows a part of a person with myinvention attached thereto, showing a front view there of. Fig. 2 showsa rear view of a person with my invention attached thereto. Fig. 3 is adetail view of a part of the front of my invention, greatly enlargedfrom that shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4C is a detail view of a part of therear of my invention greatly enlarged from that shown in Fig. 2, andFig. 5 illustrates the manner of arranging batteries and electrodes andof securing them in their proper relation to each other by the use of myimprovements.

I-I represents batteries, and H electrodes.

Permanently secured to the batteries are pins or buttons I, extendingout at right angles to the plane of the batteries for the purpose ofretaining the eyelets F, hereinafter referred to, in engagementtherewith.

A represents shoulder-straps attached at one end to the battery H and atthe other end to the electrode II and suspended to the shoulders of aperson. The rear ends of A are formed into loops E for the purpose whichwill hereinafter appear and secured to the electrodes H by passingaround the strap B, said loop E being formed by folding the end of thestrap A back upon itself and securing the end to the body, thereof bythe eyelet Y.

B represents a strap passing around the body and under the arms of thepatient and attached in front by means of eyelet F in the strap B,passing over one of the pins I. The other end of strap B is attached tothe other batteryH in like manner. In the rear of the person the strap Bpasses through the loops E and through the staples X X, as shown inFigs. 2 and l. The staples X X are permanently secured to the electrodesH H, so as to form openings through which the strap 13 can operate. Theintermediate strap C is provided with'two or more eyelets F at each endthereof, so that the batteries H and H, Fig. 1, can be brought neartogether or farther apart, as desired. The strap' O should be of elasticmaterial in order to keep the batteries and the electrodes in contactwith the body and in proper relation with each other. It is apparentthat by means of the strap 0 the batteries H H can be changed from onepoint to another laterally, as desired, and that by means of the strapsB, passing through the loops E and the staples X X on the electrodes,the electrodes H and H can be adjusted laterally along said strap B. Thefront ends of shoulder-straps A are provided with eyelets F, as shown inFigs. 1 and 3. The object of this is to afford means for changing theposition of the batteries and the electrodes perpendicularly, which isevident from the drawings.

H, H H H and H represent batteries and electrodes in the manner I usethem for the treatment of cancer or the like.

J represents Wires connecting the batteries and the electrodes.

It can now be seen that the location of the contact of the batteries andthe electrodes with reference to the body can easily be changed andpermanently held in the position desired by the arrangements shown anddescribed.

In certain specific diseases, such as cancer,

" I find it necessary to group several batteries and electrodes neartogether-forinstance, as shown'in Fig. 5. For this purpose I have onlyto provide short straps L, the same being provided with eyelets F ateach end thereof, passing the eyelets F over the pins I, and thusholding the batteries and electrodes in the position desired. The pins Ihave-a head on the end of each to prevent the eyelet F from becomingaccidentally disengaged. To more securely hold the eyelets in engagementwith the pins I, I use Wire keys K, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5.

I have shown and described the arrangement which seems to me the mostpractical; but it is evident that changes may be made in the details andthat analogous parts may be used to accomplish the same results. Itherefore reserve the right to make such changes in and modifications ofthe details herein shown and described as will fall within the limits ofmy invention.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a device of the class described, the combination, of adjustableshoulder-straps A, one end of which is provided with a multiple ofeyelets for the purpose of adjusting the batteries and the electrodesperpendicularly the other end of said straps being provided with loops Ethrough which the strap B can be made to operate for the purpose ofadjusting the electrodes laterally, the strap B for passing around thebody, the ends being provided with eyelets F to engage the pins I, ashort elastic strap O for connecting the batteries, all substantially asshown and described and for the purpose specified.

2. In a device for adjusting and securing electric apparatus to variousparts of the body, the combination of the body-strap B connecting thebatteries H, H, a short elastic strap 0 also connecting the batteries H,H, shoulder-straps A, A, each connecting a battery and an electrode,pins I secured in the batteries, staples X, X, secured to theelectrodes, eyelets F at various points in the straps, shorter straps Lfor specific purposes, and the keys K, all substantially combined and tobe used as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES CHARLES.

Witnesses:

R. W. RANDLE, MARTHA H. CHARLES.

